Submit -- through our
Facebook page -- a "truck drivers money saving tip" on the
monthly topics in order to enter yourself in the running for a Helping Truckers Save Money Award.
If your tip is the best in our opinion, we
will customize your award with your
name
and the date after your award-winning tip!

Please
keep your tips concise and please submit only an original tip each
time.

Thanks in advance for the awesome job we know you're going to do!

Let's see how much we can help our fellow truckers save money and in
the process have some fun! How
about it? Ready, set, GO!

Since February 14 is Valentine's Day, Vicki thought
of a way to make the holiday of love reflect well for truckers. Please
consider pinning this full image on your own website, blog or social
media account.

Finally, we're pleased to announce that Mike
Simons began driving for
one of the top 20 fleets
in North
America this month!

Watch for more information
about this on our site.

Prevent This!

On February 4 through our Truckers'
Savings Blog, we
asked a question based on an
article
about the trucker whose over-height rig hit the Skagit
River Bridge on Interstate 5, the strike of which led to its collapse.

Since the trucker is now
among the named parties in a $17 million lawsuit filed by the
Washington State Department of Transportation -- so that the state can
"recoup
the costs of response and repair" -- we wonder what part of that $17
million the trucker will have to pay.

There is a lot of information missing from the articles
we have read about this bridge strike. However, we would wager that if
the trucker had to do that crossing all over again, he would have made
sure to be in a position where his truck wouldn't strike the bridge.

Protect yourself, the motoring public and your
pocketbook by checking all clearances -- especially low
ones along your path -- and especially if you haul
over-dimensional
freight. Do not rely on GPS units for this information
-- even if it is a trucking-specific
GPS unit. Always consult a trucker's
atlas. If you are driving a permitted load, be sure to follow
your route and exits to the letter.